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What Is a Certified Scrum Coach?

Certified Scrum Coaches (CSCs) are experts in Scrum, both in theory and in practice. They have an in-depth understanding of the practices and principles of Scrum and have real experience on actual Scrum projects. As such, Certified Scrum Coaches play a vital role within the Scrum Alliance, bringing Scrum out of the classroom and into your world of work. 

Why Do I Need a Certified Scrum Coach?

A coach can guide you in learning the new team patterns for increased collaboration and high performance that Scrum requires. A Certified Scrum Coach understands how Scrum impacts leadership and team member responsibilities. Sweeping organizational change doesn't happen overnight and it doesn't come without some pain. A coach can help make it easier.

What's blocking your team and organization?

  • Does your ScrumMaster need a mentor?
  • Does your Product Owner need help learning how to work with a product backlog?
  • Are you having trouble breaking sprint backlog items into task lists?
  • Are your sprints consistently ending with unfinished work? 
  • Is estimating so hard that your sprint planning lasts beyond its timebox?
  • Does your management underestimate the scope of organizational change necessary for Scrum to be successful?
  • Are you facing challenges with multi-team Scrum projects?
  • Is your organization having difficulty implementing the Scrum framework in conjunction with other methodologies?
  • Is the team encountering obstacles with organizational impediments?
  • Does your organization need coaching and guidance on scaling Scrum?

Our coaches have encountered all of these issues and more. A good coach understands that while the Scrum framework seems simple, the implementation requires advanced skills and new mindsets. A CSC can help you and your company navigate the difficult process of becoming an agile organization that uses the Scrum framework to get work done. Download a recently commissioned whitepaper, including detailed case studies about real-life organizations that found coaching helpful for their success.

Why Should I Choose a CSC?

A Certified Scrum Coach has proven success at guiding organizations through the challenges of Scrum adoption. A CSC has:

  • experience with multiple organizations
  • skills to guide organizational change
  • wide access to resources
  • deep agile knowledge
  • an impartial perspective

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Find a Scrum Coach

Scrum is not a silver bullet or a step-by-step instruction manual, but rather a simple framework that uncovers very difficult challenges within organizations. Find a Certified Scrum Coach who can help your team succeed with Scrum.

Read Case Studies

Scrum, especially at first, tends to expose more problem than it solves. We invite you to download this whitepaper to learn about common problems with implementing Scrum, characteristics to look for when hiring a coach, the experiences real-life organizations had with coaching, and what makes Certified Scrum Coaches so special.

Become a Certified Scrum Coach

Want to know how to become a Scrum coach? Certified Scrum Coaches (CSCs) are experts in Scrum, both in theory and practice. They have an in-depth understanding of the practices and principles of Scrum and have real experience on actual Scrum projects. As such, they play a vital role within the Scrum Alliance, bringing Scrum out of the classroom and into your world of work. Find out more about the process for becoming a CSC.

Certification Duration

Three years

Certification Fees

$750 every year

You will be sent an invoice from our accounting department.  If you have not received an invoice, please contact accounting@scrumalliance.org

Recertification Process

Every three years, you must reapply before paying renewal fees.